- Own and articulate the overarching product design vision and strategy for CrowdStrike's Falcon platform, serving as the executive voice of design in C-suite conversations and ensuring design is a competitive differentiator that drives business outcomes
- Partner directly with the Chief Product Officer, VP of Engineering, and senior GTM leadership to influence roadmap, product strategy, and platform direction while building a design culture defined by craft excellence, user empathy, innovation, and accountability
- Lead the organization's AI transformation strategy for design — defining how AI tools, workflows, and capabilities are adopted, governed, and scaled across teams, while overseeing design systems governance and implementation across all products
- Establish research, analytics, and design intelligence frameworks that connect design decisions to user outcomes and business impact, including executive-level measurement dashboards that communicate design's value to senior leadership and the board
- Build and scale a high-performing organization of design managers, senior designers, researchers, and operations professionals through strategic hiring, talent development programs, career growth frameworks, and organizational design that enables speed and cross-functional effectiveness
- Drive operational excellence by owning the design tooling ecosystem, annual budget planning, resource allocation, and scalable processes that maximize team effectiveness and maintain quality without bureaucracy
- Shape CrowdStrike's external design brand by representing the organization at industry events, with customers, and in the broader design community while championing design thought leadership
Requirements
- 15+ years of product design experience with a demonstrated track record of design leadership at scale, including 8+ years of executive or senior design leadership experience leading managers of managers and large, distributed design organizations
- Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
- Proven ability to set and execute a design vision that drives measurable product and business outcomes, with deep expertise across the full design discipline — UX, visual design, design systems, research, and design operations
- Executive presence and exceptional communication skills with proven ability to influence at the C-suite level, align cross-functional stakeholders, and inspire large organizations around a shared design vision
- Strong data-informed approach to decision-making with experience building measurement frameworks that connect design to business impact and demonstrated ability to lead AI adoption and transformation within a design organization
- Deep AI expertise with experience designing and shipping AI-powered features and tooling in enterprise product design environments, including understanding of AI/ML interaction patterns, conversational UI, agentic workflows, and the unique UX challenges of deploying AI at scale in production systems.
- Demonstrated success building and scaling design organizations in fast-paced, high-growth environments, including experience with organizational development, team structuring, and change management at scale.
- Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field (advanced degree preferred)
- Ability to work from a US office 2+ days per week.
Core Competencies
Demonstrates extensive expertise in product design leadership, particularly in AI integration and design systems, while effectively influencing C-suite stakeholders and driving measurable business outcomes through strategic design initiatives.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Product Design Leadership
- AI Technologies Utilization
- Design Vision Execution
- Executive Communication Skills
- Organizational Development
ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills
- UX Design
- Visual Design
- Design Systems
- Design Research
- Design Operations
- AI-Powered Feature Design
- AI/ML Interaction Patterns
- Conversational UI
- Agentic Workflows
- Measurement Frameworks
Soft Skills
- Influencing Skills
- Cross-Functional Alignment
- Inspiring Leadership
Certifications & Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Design
- Advanced Degree Preferred
Industry Keywords
- Design Culture
- High-Growth Environments
- Change Management
- Design Thought Leadership
Tools & Technologies
- Design Tooling Ecosystem
- Measurement Dashboards
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